How do I set a guest board, so they can see the list of boards, but not the threads?

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  • jilly
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2001
    • 1235
    • 3.7.x

    How do I set a guest board, so they can see the list of boards, but not the threads?

    How can I set it, so they can see the list of categories and the list of boards, but not be able to see the threads and such until they actualyl register?
  • Floris
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2001
    • 37767

    #2
    All permissions to No, except the 'can view board'. It will then show as 'last post: never, threads: 0, posts: 0'.

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    • Mark.B
      vBulletin Support
      • Feb 2004
      • 24286
      • 6.0.X

      #3
      Originally posted by Floris
      All permissions to No, except the 'can view board'. It will then show as 'last post: never, threads: 0, posts: 0'.
      And if you want to stop the 'Last Post - Never' thing, there's a dead simple hack on vB.org which you should use INSTEAD of altering the settings:



      It will take you about 2 minutes to implement and works like a charm.
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      • Floris
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2001
        • 37767

        #4
        Uhm, instead of a hack you could also use one simple conditional Which makes it easier for upgrading

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        • Mark.B
          vBulletin Support
          • Feb 2004
          • 24286
          • 6.0.X

          #5
          Oh right. I wouldn't know what that was. I just got pointed to the hack and it works well.

          For me it doesn't matter, as I have so many hacks upgrading is a major task anyway. However, it'd be handy for others to know how to it that way
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          • jilly
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2001
            • 1235
            • 3.7.x

            #6
            and what would the conditional be?

            dont hold out on me, Floris

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            • illPhever
              New Member
              • Jan 2004
              • 22

              #7
              Originally posted by Floris
              Uhm, instead of a hack you could also use one simple conditional Which makes it easier for upgrading
              yes, Floris, i'd be interested in that conditional statement, too, if you could provide it. thanks

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              • Zachery
                Former vBulletin Support
                • Jul 2002
                • 59097

                #8
                to hide text from non registere users in the postbit?

                In postbit or postbit legacy find

                Code:
                $post[message]
                replace with

                Code:
                <if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] != 0"> $post[message] <else /> Please register to view our sites content </if>

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                • illPhever
                  New Member
                  • Jan 2004
                  • 22

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Zachery
                  replace with

                  Code:
                  <if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] != 0"> $post[message] <else /> Please register to view our sites content </if>
                  we updated the postbit template (and the legacy for that matter, too) but the board still indicates "Last Post - Never" any thoughts?

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                  • Zachery
                    Former vBulletin Support
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 59097

                    #10
                    Did you update your forum permissions? this is just to prohibit them from seeing the posts before they are registered

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                    • illPhever
                      New Member
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 22

                      #11
                      zachery,

                      yes, forum permissions have been updated. for the forums that guests cannot access, i have set 'Can View Forum' to Yes and all other permissions to No.
                      but i wanted to change the 'Last Post - Never' remark so that guests aren't under the impression that there is no activity.

                      i just saw this recent post, which you also replied to, that allows guests to see number of Threads / Posts in a forum prior to registering, but it also does not address the 'Last Post - Never' setting. otherwise, it seems to help:

                      Folks, I'm a bit stuck, i'd like for everyone, (including unreg'd / not logged in) users to be able to see the post / thread counts from the forum index, but not be able to view the forum's posts. In my user permissions i've got everything set to no, apart from under the forum viewing permissions &quot;Can view forum&quot;


                      if i could also address the 'Never' statement i'd be really happy

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                      • Steve Machol
                        Former Customer Support Manager
                        • Jul 2000
                        • 154488

                        #12
                        Do a phrase search for the word 'Never' and edit the appropriate phrase to say whatever you want.
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                        • illPhever
                          New Member
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 22

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Steve Machol
                          Do a phrase search for the word 'Never' and edit the appropriate phrase to say whatever you want.
                          in Styles & Templates, i did a search on 'Never' but did not get any results

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                          • Zachery
                            Former vBulletin Support
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 59097

                            #14
                            "Phrase" you need to search in the phrase manager

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                            • illPhever
                              New Member
                              • Jan 2004
                              • 22

                              #15
                              Got It! thanks.

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